All posts tagged Tsuyu

The Japan Meteorological Agency announced this week the official beginning of rainy season, or tsuyu, in the Kanto-Koshin region. The Wednesday, May 29, start was 10 days earlier than the average and one of the earliest on record, the agency reported.

This is just the most recent in a series of seemingly abnormal meteorological events in Japan. Cherry blossoms in Tokyo this year started to bloom 10 days earlier than average on March 16th due to unusually warm weather, matching the earliest record set in 2002. In contrast, the sakura front reached Hokkaido 12 days later than average, the latest since 1953. Read More »

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